It is always difficult choosing a university. There are a number of factors to take into consideration, which should include:

The course

The reputation of the university, both for the course you wish to study and the university as a whole

City located vs campus

The geographical location

How attractive it is to potential employers

With over 130 universities now offering undergraduate courses in the UK, graduate employers only have the resource to target a limited number. Results (from High Fliers Research) show that the top graduate employers target between 10-25 universities each. Accounting & professional services and law firms publicise their vacancies in the largest number of universities whilst media and consulting firms were represented at the fewest.

Here are the universities targeted by the largest numbers of employers in 2013-14:

Nottingham

Manchester

Cambridge

Oxford

Bristol

Bath

Warwick

Leeds

London Imperial College

London University College

Birmingham

Durham

Sheffield

Loughborough

Edinburgh

LSE

Newcastle

Exeter

Southampton

Strathclyde

York

London Kings College

Glasgow

Liverpool

Cardiff

Interestingly, when compared to the rankings in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide, Oxford and Cambridge are ranked in 1st and 2nd place but Nottingham and Manchester fail to make the top 15, yet are ranked 1st and 2nd by employers. By contrast St Andrews and Lancaster, which are ranked in the top 15 in the University Guide, do not appear in the employers top 25 universities.

Universities with the best graduate employment records?

Here are the top 25 universities who have the top graduate employment rates: